Tomar & The FCs, Nakia & The Never Not Now

Tomar & The FCs and Nakia & The Never Not Now play C-Boy's Heart & Soul Bar on Friday, August 14, with the music starting at 10 PM. It's a double bill of Austin soul and rock, and the whole night is 21+.

Tomar Williams has been around the local scene for a long time, though you might know him from a few different roles. He got his start singing lead on the Chitlin Circuit with his family band in the late 1980s, and spent decades as a sideman here in Austin, along with work in hip-hop production. He stepped back into the frontman role in 2015 and formed the FCs. The band self-recorded and released their first EP, Day by Day, which The Austin American-Statesman named a top release, and their second album, Rise Above, followed in February 2020 on Splice Records.

Opening the night is Nakia & The Never Not Now, an Austin soulful rock band fronted by singer-songwriter and former The Voice semi-finalist Nakia. They describe their sound as a high-energy blend of gritty rock, vintage soul and cinematic synths, and they've drawn comparisons to Prince, INXS and Otis Redding. They released the album Signal in 2025.

C-Boy's Heart & Soul Bar is a music lounge that features live music seven days a week, run by The Continental Club's Steve Wertheimer. The show starts at 10 PM, with a $12 cover at the door starting at 9:30 PM; there are no advance tickets.